Board of Directors

Ed has been working in Business Continuity Planning since 1998, and has been full time dedicated to the field since 2010. Edward leads PwC's Crisis & Continuity practice in Canada, and helped clients in a wide variety of industries, including financial services, to develop and revise their Emergency Management, Crisis Management, Business Continuity and IT Disaster Recovery programs. He sits on the Canadian committee of the ISO, which is responsible for revising ISO 22301 on Business Continuity Management, so can provide insight into the leading thinking around standards development.

Lisa Benini is a practitioner in Business Continuity, Risk Management and Emergency Management since 1991. She is certified as Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP) from DRI International, Associated Fellow from Business Continuity Institute (AFBCI).  Lisa has been certified as an ISO 22301 Implementer and she holds an Emergency Management Certificate from JIBC.  Lisa is a certified instructor for DRI Canada since 2002.  She has her own consulting company since 2000 and has worked with both public and private sectors mainly in BC.  Lisa has been on EPICC Board since 2004.  Lisa’s major achievements were developing the Business Continuity Management Program for the BC Government in the early 2000s. She has also created a guideline and template for small business on building their business continuity plans. Lisa is actively involved communities across BC by providing workshops to special interest groups, local government and associations.  She is also responsible for coordinating a 1-day seminar in Victoria since 2004.

Cam spent over three decades serving in municipal and federal policing roles throughout the country.  During his career, he led some of the largest and most complex security operations in Canadian history, including his role as lead aviation security planner for both the 2010 Olympics as well as the G8/G20 Summits.  He served as the airspace security commander for the multi-agency (NORAD, FAA, Transport Canada, NAVCANADA, CBSA, and CATSA), multi-national effort responsible for the execution of both aviation plans. Cam received multiple awards for his leadership of these operations which included a personal letter of thanks from President Barack Obama.  Following his retirement from the RCMP in 2018, Cam led the safety and security operations for the Great Canadian Railtour Company, Ltd. (Rocky Mountaineer), which included strategic oversight of all safety, security and emergency management initiatives for the largest private rail company in the world.